With SNAP benefits slated to expire on Saturday, local food banks, restaurants, and community members have been stepping up, in an effort to support their neighbors who will be affected.

Two authors scheduled at a Bay Area school for a recent book tour left the event without presenting after a school official asked them to withhold parts of their material, the authors said. Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin-Pritchard,

Amid nationwide fears over federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity during Halloween, Bay Area cities assured the public that everyone will be protected, emphasizing

About a quarter of voters in the Bay Area already have returned their ballot for the Nov. 4 special election, when California will decide the fate of a gerrymandering plan backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, former President Barack Obama and other Democrats.

Even if the funding comes through, experts say it's possible SNAP recipients won't receive any money over the next week.

Only 9.5 percent of the Bay Area's undocumented immigrants live in San Francisco. Many more live in Santa Clara and Alameda counties.

The Bay Area housing market is heating up once again thanks to rising incomes, an AI boom and a return to the office, according to a report.

An out-of-state man suspected of homicide has been accidentally released from a Bay Area jail this month, prompting a multiagency search to locate him, the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff announced on Monday.

Waves of new volunteers signed up to monitor neighborhoods, support day laborers and train community members on immigration rights.

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